Twitter Jokes

Warning: Your Tweets Could Make You A "Terrorist"

We’ve known for some time now that “terrorists” always tweet their plans in plain English, so it should come to no one’s surprise that two UK tourists were detained in L.A. and deported for a tweet that read, “@MelissaxWalton free this week for a quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?”

Thanks to the hard work of the irony-immune Department of Homeland Security, the "terrorists" were placed on a one-day lookout list, where they no doubt shared virtual space with other people who tweet their nefarious intentions. Although, given the MPAA’s firm grip on congress, it’s possible that they were stopped from entering the country over their other tweet about digging up Marilyn Monroe’s remains. Chris Dodd could not be reached for comment.

In response to the allegations, the terrorist’s friend responded “He would not hurt anyone. He is gay.” Although we applaud Al Qaeda’s new, less homophobic direction, rest assured the U.S. government is not so easily fooled.

Jokes aside, is this a joke? It seems that Americans have it bad enough now that warrantless wiretapping and the Patriot Act have become a daily reality, but people now have to tread so lightly, they can’t even make an obvious joke in plain public view. People were aghast at China’s recent zero-tolerance lockdown of the term “protest” on social networks, but this is the land of the free. At least, we thought it was.